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Lockesburg, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Red Colony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71846. The Survey maps it on the Lockesburg quadrangle. 594 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 433 feet above sea level.

Lockesburg within Sevier County

On record in Lockesburg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Lockesburg fell from 739 to 594 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010739
2020594-145 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

71 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Lockesburg between 1997 and 2020, burning about 698 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 34 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural7
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lockesburg: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Antimony, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bob Wolf MineCopper, Antimony, SilverOccurrenceCervantite, Galena, Stibnite
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this place

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockesburg in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 25 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2005LightningLockesburg$125,000Lightning struck a home in town resulting in a fire. The house burned to the ground but there were no injuries.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Lockesburg$50,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph touched down just south of of Highway 24 about 2 miles west of Lockesburg, where it caused significant damage to a small shed. The tornado then moved northeast across Highway 24, snapping and uprooting trees and just missing a home on the north side of the highway. A trampoline and small playground near the home were blown about 50 yards directly to the west from their original location. Although the road network became sparse beyond this point, drone footage indicated that the damage path continued from the home to Wildwood and Hilltop Roads where a number of trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado did cause significant damage to three chicken coops located just north of Hilltop Road, while also snapping/uprooting additional trees in this area as well. It then tracked across Shady Lane just to the north of Hilltop Road and uprooted a very large tree, with another tree uprooted and having fallen onto a small home on the west side of Shady Lane. The tornado continued to move northeast over North Park Avenue, Elm Drive, and Highway 71 north of Lockesburg. The damage path became more sparse as the tornado crossed Montgomery Lane just east of Highway 71, with a few other small trees downed on Provo Road just east of Big Timber Lane before the tornado lifted.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindLockesburg$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
April 1993Thunderstorm WindLockesburg$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLockesburg$2,000Numerous trees were snapped in the Lockesburg community. Power poles were snapped along Hwy. 71. Highways 329 and 371 were blocked from downed trees. Some structural damage to outbuildings were also reported.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Large branches snapped off of trees in Lockesburg.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees downed near U.S. Highway 371 and Liggin Drive east of Lockesburg.
June 2023HailLockesburg-Hail up to at least quarter size reported at the Dollar General store in Lockesburg.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Reports of numerous trees downed throughout Sevier County.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees and power lines were blown down across the central and southern sections of Sevier County.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees were blown down across Lockesburg.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees down in Lockesburg, and across much of Sevier County.
April 2017HailLockesburg-Penny size hail fell in Lockesburg.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees down in Lockesburg.
April 2016HailLockesburg-Quarter size hail fell in Lockesburg.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-A tree was downed in Lockesburg, Arkansas.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Numerous trees were downed across the town of Lockesburg, Arkansas.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees and power lines were downed in town. Other reports of downed trees were also reported across other portions of the county.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees were downed on Northpark Road.
May 2007HailLockesburg-Nickel to quarter sized hail reported in town.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Lockesburg-A supercell moved towards the northeast just south of Lockesburg, Arkansas. Damage consisted of a few large trees downed and several tree limbs snapped.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees down across Hwy 371.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
October 1993HailLockesburg-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
October 1993HailLockesburg-Heavy rains flooded the jail in DeQueen.
April 2012HailLockesburg-no account filed
April 2011HailLockesburg-no account filed
April 2010HailLockesburg-no account filed
May 2007HailLockesburg-no account filed
May 2004HailLockesburg-no account filed
August 2004HailLockesburg-no account filed
June 2004HailLockesburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLockesburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLockesburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLockesburg-no account filed
March 1999HailLockesburg-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-no account filed
November 1995HailLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
April 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
April 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sevier County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bellville2.0 miles10
Milrose3.4 miles10
Stringtown4.5 miles10
Dilworth4.7 miles10
Geneva5.4 miles14
Milford5.5 miles10
Provo5.8 miles14
Pennys6.2 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on LockesburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2529985The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77533. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.